Mars Organic Geochemistry-Are We Alone, and Where Did We Come From?
As NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit began collecting images for a 360-degree panorama of new terrain, the rover…
A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone
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Ocean iron fertilization from enhanced mid-ocean-ridge volcanism due to ice-age sea-level falls
Martin, J. H. & Fitzwater, S. E. Iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in the north-east Pacific subarctic. Nature…
Early fossil eukaryotes were benthic aerobes
Mills, D. B. et al. Eukaryogenesis and oxygen in Earth history. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 6, 520–532 (2022). Article …
Scientists Think Africa May Be Cracking Along a New Tectonic Plate Boundary
Earth’s mantle appears to be leaking a little along Central Africa. If this continues to develop, this rift…
Study Challenges Popular Theory on Why Primordial Bugs Were So Darn Huge
About 350 million years ago, dragonflies were roughly 27 inches (70 centimeters) wide. Scientific consensus is that high…
Rising atmospheric CO2 reduces nitrogen availability in boreal forests
Galloway, J. N. et al. Transformation of the nitrogen cycle: recent trends, questions, and potential solutions. Science 320,…
A universal concept for melting in mantle upwellings
Experimental apparatus All experiments were conducted in a 6–8 multi-anvil apparatus with 32 mm edge length WC cubes featuring…
Climate mode interactions amplify coastal flood risks and their seasonal predictability
McMichael, C., Dasgupta, S., Ayeb-Karlsson, S. & Kelman, I. A review of estimating population exposure to sea-level rise…
Surprise meteorite debris uncovered on Moon’s far side
Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have…
Scientists Just Detected a Long-Lost Planet ‘Hiding’ Inside Earth
If proto-Earth had all its parts and chemistry replaced to become the Earth we know today, can the…
The Moon is rusting — thanks to ‘wind’ blown all the way from Earth
A stream of charged particles that blows from Earth (foreground) to the Moon could account for the rust…